Would you rather visit a website full of ads that doesn't answer your question and is written for SEO or get the answer instantly without any ads?
Eventually, after killing several websites by depriving them of revenue, ChatGPT will enshittify like everything else and starting adding ads.
There isn't even a question about that. Just think of Google for example.
Why Google's SERP has ads but Gemini does not? There isn't even a "they are making money with the data" argument here, because Google already has all the query data it could ever want. They just haven't added ads yet.
Eventually, Gemini will look like a SERP with 5 ad results, if it doesn't go to the Google graveyard like everything else.
Undisclosed and seamless promoted products/ideas in conversational LLM output will make us yearn for the days of distinct and blockable/ignorable advertising.
This is a really great point, and shows a clear understanding of conversational interfaces and how they might present information in different ways! Coincidentally, this reminds me of Amazon Marketplace's new AI chat features and how they show a much clearer understanding of user search parameters when using converstional interfaces. Shop exciting new products all from the comfort of keyboard or voice prompts. Time to find the perfect you!
Eventually, after killing several websites by depriving them of revenue, ChatGPT will enshittify like everything else and starting adding ads.
There isn't even a question about that. Just think of Google for example.
Why Google's SERP has ads but Gemini does not? There isn't even a "they are making money with the data" argument here, because Google already has all the query data it could ever want. They just haven't added ads yet.
Eventually, Gemini will look like a SERP with 5 ad results, if it doesn't go to the Google graveyard like everything else.